Bitcoin emerged in January 2009 after the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto began working on the project two years earlier. Since then, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have had a great impact on economies around the world. Bitcoin has received strong support from powerful supporters, along with numerous skeptics and detractors.

Those who agree believe that the blockchain technology that monitors Bitcoin is great and keeps its hands out of the well when it comes to people’s money. Those in opposition believe that Bitcoin will boost terrorism and money laundering, among other illegal activities. And with the exchange of China interrupting the Bitcoin exchange, its value is having a success.

Considering all this, Bitcoin continues to have powerful people in its favor, and courageously against it. Here are the well-known lovers and enemies of the famous Bitcoin. Let’s start with the lovers.

1. Bill Gates

The Microsoft co-founder made public his support for Bitcoin in 2014 at the Sibos Conference in Boston. Bill Gates told Entrepreneur, “Bitcoin is better than currency, since it does not have to be physically in the same place and, of course, for large transactions, the currency can be quite inconvenient.”

However, Gates has changed his tone. In a Reddit AMA in February 2018, he criticized the anonymity of cryptocurrencies as Bitcoin. These currencies can facilitate money laundering and have been directly related to deaths, according to Gates.